Crossword clues for assonant
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Assonant \As"so*nant\, a. [L. assonans, p. pr. of assonare to sound to, to correspond to in sound; ad + sonare to sound, sonus sound: cf. F. assonant. See Sound.]
Having a resemblance of sounds.
(Pros.) Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called assonance; not consonant.
Wiktionary
a. Characterized by assonance; having successive similar vowel sounds.
WordNet
adj. having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables; "note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'"
having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables
Usage examples of "assonant".
In one sense, all national poetry is original, even though it be shackled by rules of traditional prosody, and has adopted the system of rhyme devised by writers in another language, whose words seem naturally to bourgeon into assonant terminations.